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There are other teams very aggressively promoting their top prospects. The Angels moved Adell for the second time this season. He's gone from Low-A to Advanced A to Double-A in a space of three months. The A's yesterday moved Jesus Luzardo to Triple-A. He started the season at Advanced A and has been pitching in the Texas League. There are others.

I know our guys were aggressively placed at the outset ... witness the babies at Ft. Wayne and the various young guys at Lake Elsinore. But no one has jumped twice. In fact, we seemed slow to move some guys (Reed), and others who seemingly have merited promotion have remained at their current levels (Potts, Austin Allen, Logan Allen).

Now, other teams are gonna do what they're gonna do. They shouldn't be dictating what the Padres should do. But ... should be be more aggressive during the season? (Yes, I note that Reed is struggling). Thoughts?

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I wish we would have made some moves to cause a chain reaction. Tons of guys have earned promotions but nowhere to go

Word. There is a crazy logjam at quite a few positions that could have been alleviated if we moved guys from the ML Roster. Not much value there though outside our relievers... Not expecting to see Urias or Mejia until Sept now.

glutton for punishment...... glutton4Bolts

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There are other teams very aggressively promoting their top prospects. The Angels moved Adell for the second time this season. He's gone from Low-A to Advanced A to Double-A in a space of three months. The A's yesterday moved Jesus Luzardo to Triple-A. He started the season at Advanced A and has been pitching in the Texas League. There are others.

I know our guys were aggressively placed at the outset ... witness the babies at Ft. Wayne and the various young guys at Lake Elsinore. But no one has jumped twice. In fact, we seemed slow to move some guys (Reed), and others who seemingly have merited promotion have remained at their current levels (Potts, Austin Allen, Logan Allen).

Now, other teams are gonna do what they're gonna do. They shouldn't be dictating what the Padres should do. But ... should be be more aggressive during the season? (Yes, I note that Reed is struggling). Thoughts?

Not sure Adell is the right example here... dude looks like he could be another Mike Trout... yeah, unlikely he is nearly as good... but dude looks like a true stud. That being said, I do think this organization has gone slowly on a lot of prospects... Some of it has to do with the garbage we have on the ML Roster... and a significant portion has to do with the incredible depth we have on the Farm. I would have liked to see the organization make more room for guys like Potts, A. Allen and Naylor by demoting certain prospects. Furthermore, because of the Andy Green's flawed musical lineup building, we are no closer to knowing if guys like Renfroe or Reyes could be a good corner OF. Young guys need regular ABs... making them sit every other day... even after hitting a HR or going 3-5 with a couple of 2Bs prevents them from getting into a groove.

glutton for punishment...... glutton4Bolts

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Not sure Adell is the right example here... dude looks like he could be another Mike Trout... yeah, unlikely he is nearly as good... but dude looks like a true stud. That being said, I do think this organization has gone slowly on a lot of prospects... Some of it has to do with the garbage we have on the ML Roster... and a significant portion has to do with the incredible depth we have on the Farm. I would have liked to see the organization make more room for guys like Potts, A. Allen and Naylor by demoting certain prospects. Furthermore, because of the Andy Green's flawed musical lineup building, we are no closer to knowing if guys like Renfroe or Reyes could be a good corner OF. Young guys need regular ABs... making them sit every other day... even after hitting a HR or going 3-5 with a couple of 2Bs prevents them from getting into a groove.

Potts is 19 in A+ and Naylor just turned 21 in AA. Those guys aren’t being slow played through the system. It shouldn’t be a race to the big leagues. Potts has just started taking off offensively. It seems too early to overwhelm him with the toughest jump in the minors, at age 19.
Naylor still has no home defensively. He needs to make huge strides in that department, and continue taping into that power. I don’t think you need to put more on his plate right now. I’m fine with them finishing the seasons where they’re at right now.

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Potts is 19 in A+ and Naylor just turned 21 in AA. Those guys aren’t being slow played through the system. It shouldn’t be a race to the big leagues. Potts has just started taking off offensively. It seems too early to overwhelm him with the toughest jump in the minors, at age 19.
Naylor still has no home defensively. He needs to make huge strides in that department, and continue taping into that power. I don’t think you need to put more on his plate right now. I’m fine with them finishing the seasons where they’re at right now.

I included Potts because he is the closest parallel we have to Adell w/ respect to Age and Performance in A+. His numbers at the plate are at least as good as Adell if not better... yet Adell has gone from Mid-A to AA in the same year at 19 years old. Potts is 19, mashing in high-A and is not being promoted.

Naylor's lack of a position shouldn't stop him from moving up... He has owned AA this year and his numbers would likely increase in the PCL... if you want to drive up his trade value.... promote him and let him loose in some of those high-altitude band boxes.

IMO, if a prospect does VERY well for the entire half of a season.. then he is a good candidate for promotion... all else held equal of course.

I have heard it said that stats don't mean anything until AA... not sure I agree with that... But in our case, going from a good hitters league like CAL to a tough hitters one in Texas... it does seem like it might be the toughest jump for our PP prospects.

glutton for punishment...... glutton4Bolts

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I have heard it said that stats don't mean anything until AA... not sure I agree with that... But in our case, going from a good hitters league like CAL to a tough hitters one in Texas... it does seem like it might be the toughest jump for our PP prospects.

I’ve heard and used that argument too. Then someone pointed out that rubs per game are higher in the Texas league than cal league

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The Cardinals and Dodgers have been moving rosters constantly ... I mean just about every day ... from level to level. Two, three guys a day sometimes. No other teams come close to what these two are doing.